Reply to Chaturvedi

Mary-Ann Fitzcharles^{1

2}, Daniel J Clauw³, Winfried Häuser^{4

5}, Steven P Cohen^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
² Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
³ Departments of Anesthesiology, Medicine (Rheumatology), and Psychiatry, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
⁴ Department Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany.
⁵ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁷ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States.

Comment

Mary-Ann Fitzcharles et al. Pain. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;161(11):2652-2653.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002062.

Mary-Ann Fitzcharles^{1

2}, Daniel J Clauw³, Winfried Häuser^{4

5}, Steven P Cohen^{6

7}

¹ Department of Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
² Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
³ Departments of Anesthesiology, Medicine (Rheumatology), and Psychiatry, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
⁴ Department Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany.
⁵ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁷ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States.

No abstract available

Comment on

Considering the potential for an increase in chronic pain after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clauw DJ, Häuser W, Cohen SP, Fitzcharles MA. Clauw DJ, et al. Pain. 2020 Aug;161(8):1694-1697. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001950. Pain. 2020. PMID: 32701829 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.
Health anxiety, health-related life events, and somatization during COVID-19 pandemic can increase chronic pain.
Chaturvedi SK. Chaturvedi SK. Pain. 2020 Nov;161(11):2652. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002061. Pain. 2020. PMID: 33065698 No abstract available.

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